SXSW Film Festival 2025: Are We Good?, I’m Carl Lewis!, Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror | Festivals & Awards
When documentaries center on one person, breadth is often sacrificed for depth. Thankfully, for the most part, three docs at this year’s SXSW are structured less in a way to speedily run through the greatest hits but to create a space for their subjects to meditate and ponder at their
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Forge, Slanted, The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick | Festivals & Awards
At this year’s SXSW, I’ve found that it’s easier to spot the thematic throughlines across projects. It’s a testament to the programmers for creating a line-up where the films feel in conversation with each other. Where else do you get films like “Together” and “Friendship,”–both of which explore the physical
SXSW Film Festival 2025: The Baltimorons, For Worse, Magic Hour | Festivals & Awards
Filmmakers often underestimate how important it can be to feel their love for their characters. When a writer/director sees the people on-screen as three-dimensional people with hopes, dreams, and fears instead of just cogs in the machine of their plot, it’s much easier for us to do the same. For
SXSW Film Festival 2025: The Rivals of Amziah King, Hallow Road, The Dutchman | Festivals & Awards
A film finally hit this year’s relatively down SXSW like a bolt of lightning, producing multiple in-film applause breaks and a standing ovation at the end. Andrew Patterson’s “The Rivals of Amziah King” is a crowd-pleasing wonder, a new classic of the American South that hums with earnest adoration for
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Ghost Boy, The Secret of Me, Take No Prisoners | Festivals & Awards
The doc program at SXSW reflects the left-of-center tone of both the festival and the city of Austin. Where else would you find documentaries about The Butthole Surfers and Carl Lewis in the same program? With such a relatively short festival, it can be hard to get to the non-fiction
The Biggest Bands and Artists at the SXSW 2025 Music Festival
Quelle Rox Brooklyn-based, self-proclaimed “chonga” artist Quelle Rox creates what she calls “Spanglish Dream Pop.” All it takes is one listen to tracks like “apareces de la nada” and “mas bonita” to see the vision; spacey synth textures, wobbly guitars, and vintage R&B-tinged vocals make you feel like you’re floating
SXSW Film Festival 2025: It Ends, The Threesome, Caper | Festivals & Awards
The SXSW Film Festival launched on Friday night with a star-studded premiere of the new Amazon Prime Video sequel “Another Simple Favor,” followed by the highly anticipated launch of Apple TV+’s “The Studio” at the Paramount and Babak Anvari’s “Hallow Road” across town. Of course, these red-carpet events weren’t alone,
Eva Longoria Wore a $39 Dress to Her First Cannes Film Festival
Eva Longoria is no stranger to turning out a look on the red carpet, even when she was still a newbie on the Hollywood scene. While Longoria admitted that she has had many fashion regrets over the years, there’s one faux pas in particular that haunts her to this day:
